Context:
The Alpha Building Headquarters is located in the context of a university specializing in information technology training. The goal is to bring a dynamic and creative living, learning and working space, building a modern cluster closely linked with green spaces inside and outside the project area.
The campus design concept stems from the Pixel image, evolving from the basic square in a unibody, incorporating the pixel size and position arrangement intentionally creating a rhythmic motion on the total premises.
The Alpha Building Headquarters, located on the northwestern side of the campus, is an architectural highlight when viewed from major accessible traffic directions.
Idea:
The design inspiration for the alpha building was derived from the image of stacked books, representing knowledge, associated with student life.
The shape comes from the basic square box, using the method of separating and sole the block, creating a multi-directional motion shape, and at the same time creating a solid-hollow effect for the whole project. From a distance, the architectural blocks are rhythmically arranged, creating a harmonious sense of "movement" and becoming a distinctive identifier for the entire project.
Function: The Alpha Building Headquarters serves multiple functions: floors 1 – 9 include classrooms, auditoriums, and public areas; from the 10th floor upwards are the working areas for staff, meeting rooms, and guest reception areas. Therefore, each floor of the building is arranged and utilizes different façade tricks to suit the internal function and optimize energy and heat shielding.
Façade:
The Penrose math pattern applied in the façade is a unique detail. First created in 1934 by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvard. Then, in the 1970s, psychiatrist Lionel Penrose and his son mathematician Roger Penrose independently invented and popularized it. The Penrose pattern plays a role as a mathematical image associated with the typical educational culture of FPT Education.
Not many buildings in the world use this pattern. Penrose image creates a unique vertical surface effect, a pattern that casts shadows on the surface of the interior space during the day and creates the impression of illumination at night.
The ratio of the Penrose pattern is differently balanced on the vertical aspects of the sun directions - the more sunny the Penrose direction, the less the wind direction - in order to limit the heat radiation affecting the building.
Sustainability:
Fiber concrete material is flexible in the construction process, has high aesthetics, is a sustainable material, and protects the environment.
The intentional arrangement of protruding shapes, based on research on the apparent direction of the sun, helps create passive shading, thereby contributing to energy reduction for the entire building.
The Alpha Building Headquarters is a building with impressive shapes, sustainable materials a unique facade, flexible layout, closely linked with the building's microclimate.
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